BlockEagle Town, Oklahoma
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Broken Bow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74734. It stands on Ponka Bok Creek. The Survey maps it on the Goodwater quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1950 USGS Goodwater quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Goodwater quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Idabel quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Idabel quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
465 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 465 fires within 5 miles of Eagle Town (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,982 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 247 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 247 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 88 |
| Debris and open burning | 64 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Talihina Agency | BIGDADDYSW |
| 9 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.1 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 550 |
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Talihina Agency | 76 |
| 9 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Talihina Agency | 0445 |
| 8 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | 10363 |
| 6 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Talihina Agency | 0434 |
| 6 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Talihina Agency | 0435 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Eagle Town (historical): 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Dunham Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Creek Landing | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Goodwater | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Eagletown | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Shinewell | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Ultima Thule | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Lukfata (historical) | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Tiner | 8.0 miles | 17 | |
| Redland | 8.8 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2460970. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.